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Feminism
Global Quickies: Whooping Cough, Breastfeeding, and Don Quixote
AUSTRALIA A 4-week-old baby died of whooping cough. The family hopes this will raise awareness on the importance of getting vaccinated. CANADA The TV show Marketplace gets a fake natural remedy for children’s fever and pain approved by Health Canada, making the point that the licensing process for those products is extremely problematic. AFGHANISTAN “An angry mob stoned and beat…
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Anti-Science
Global Quickies: Antivaxxer Has to Pay, Armored Protest, and Forced Reincarnations
GERMANY “A German biologist who offered €100,000 (£71,350; $106,300) to anyone who could prove that measles is a virus has been ordered by a court to pay up.” INDIA “Indian news network NDTV (New Delhi Television) took itself off the air Sunday from 9-10 p.m. local time in protest against the Indian government’s ban of India’s Daughter, British filmmaker Leslee…
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Anti-Science
Global Quickies: More Art Destroyed by IS, Vaccines in Pakistan, Gurus, and Rapists
INDIA (From Arturo) “One of the five men sentenced to death for raping a young woman in New Delhi, India in 2012 blamed his victim for her death saying women “should just be silent and allow the rape”.” SYRIA “Archaeologists and officials have expressed outrage about the bulldozing of the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud by Islamic State militants in…
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Feminism
Global Quickies: Men Showing Support in Skirts, IS Destroys Art, and Terrible Football Chants.
IRAQ Islamic State militants ransacked Mosul’s central museum, destroying priceless artifacts that are thousands of years old. Mosul’s central library has also been attacked by Isis and 100,000 books and manuscripts were burned. BANGLADESH “Attackers in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka have hacked to death a US-Bangladeshi blogger whose writings on religion angered Islamist hardliners.” DENMARK (From Blakut) “Police shot dead…
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Anti-Science
Global Quickies: Strip Searches, Racists in the Subway, and Giant Salamanders
TANZANIA “ The abduction of an albino child in Tanzania sparked calls on Tuesday for greater action to enforce a newly-imposed ban on witch doctors to stop the killing of albinos whose body parts are prized in black magic.” TURKEY “Women in Turkey have taken to social media to protest against the murder of a student who tried to…
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Feminism
Global Quickies: Taekwondo for Equality, Laughing at Sexists, and Jailing Opposition for Sodomy
UK (from Dan) “Just when we didn’t think she could get any more amazing, Queen Elizabeth II called gay marriage in England “wonderful.”” NORTH KOREA (from Ray) The recent history of sexism in North Korea explained by a defector. The marked gender roles, domestic violence, and superstition are a serious issue. SAUDI ARABIA Female Saudi TV host laughs and facepalms…
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Anti-Science
Global Quickies: Norse Gods, Pangolins, and Abducted Girls Going Back to School
GERMANY (From Amy) “Members of Germany’s neo-Nazi National Democratic party (NPD) were forced to cancel a protest in the south-west city of Freiburg after they got on to a train to Mannheim by mistake.” ICELAND “Icelanders will soon be able to publicly worship at a shrine to Thor, Odin and Frigg with construction starting this month on the Iceland’s first…
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Anti-Science
Global Quickies: First Female Bishop, Conviction for FGM, and Astrological Elections
(TW for sexual violence in the last item) EL SALVADOR A woman charged with murder for delivering a stillborn baby alone has been pardoned, but at least 16 other women are currently serving 30-to-40 year sentences in Salvadoran jails for similar cases. El Salvador has one of the strongest anti-abortion laws in the world, and hospital staff is required to…
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